Investing in real estate is one of the many ways to rake millions in a year or so. For those who are planning on starting their real estate investments, you might want to know which cities are the best for such investments and which are relatively not.
Biggerpockets, the world's largest online hub for real estate investors, released its Real Estate Investment Market Index, outlining the 10 best (and worst) major markets for real estate investors in 2015.
According to Biggerpockets, "This Index analyzed the 50 largest US MSAs to determine those that were most likely to produce outsized returns for residential real estate investors between 2014 and 2015. BiggerPockets also breaks down those markets of the top 50 MSAs that were most likely to produce the worst returns for real estate investors."
Dallas topped the list of real estate markets during the period studied, according to Biggerpockets. This is due to the strong price appreciation in the said place. Investors earn almost 20% unleveraged return for residential real estate in Dallas, accordingly.
Denver comes second which is closely behind Dallas. Home values in the place have the strongest appreciation of any major market studied by Biggerpockets. The blog post stated that residential real estate prices increased a staggering 13.4% year over year across the Denver metro region.
Here is the complete list of the 10 best markets for real estate investors:
1) Dallas, TX
2) Denver, CO
3) Miami, FL
4) Houston, TX
5) Atlanta, GA
6) Tampa, FL
7) Detroit, MI
8) Austin, TX
9) Las Vegas, NV
10) Orlando, FL
As for the top 10 worst cities for real estate investors, they are:
1. Hartford, CT
2. Salt Lake City, UT
3. Louisville, KY
4. Milwaukee, WI
5. Washington, DC
6. Los Angeles, CA
7. Baltimore, MD
8. New York, NY
9. Boston, MA
10. Birmingham, AL
Biggerpockets' index seeks to determine the cities that are most likely to have provided strong returns for residential real estate investors between early 2014 and early 2015.
Have you made your choice of the best city to invest in? What about those listed in the worst cities to invest in? Would you be brave enough to try them?
